Living For Jesus

"Living for Jesus" was written in 1917 by Thomas Chisholm at the request of the composer, Harold Lowden, who had used his tune two years earlier with another text. Lowden, however, was not satisfied with the union of his tune with the earlier text and wrote Mr. Chisholm, suggesting the title "Living for Jesus" for the new hymn setting. Chisholm felt very inadequate for the task, but within two weeks the words were completed.
Thomas Chisholm had been an editor, a schoolteacher, and a Methodist minister before ill health forced him to begin a less strenuous life as an insurance salesman. His favorite endeavor had always been the writing of poetry, and he continued to do this all through his 94 years. "I have greatly desired," he said, "that each hymn or poem might send some definite message to the hearts for whom it was written." Though humble in spirit and frail in health, Chisholm found that writing encouraging words such as these for God's people to sing was his "pathway of blessing." - Osbeck, K. W. (1990). Amazing grace : 366 inspiring hymn stories for daily devotions.

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